Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Mr. Martin Kwaku Ayisi, has said that due process was followed granting a mining license to Electrochem Ghana Limited to operate the Ada Songor salt concession in the Greater Accra Region. He said the application went to Parliament for ratification and was subsequently gazetted. He also noted that […] The post Due
The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had “tremendous potential” that he would unlock. He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts. […] The post Elon Musk strikes deal to
A Wholesale shop known as MOOVED Home Appliances at Opera Square in Accra, opposite Melcom in the Central Bussiness District has caught fire. Items such as bags, shoes, and other home appliances have been burnt down to ashes. The incident is said to have occurred at about 4:00 pm on Monday. Fire fighters with about […] The post Accra: Fire guts wholesale appliances
Two arrests have been made over the recent raid on Zacholi, a community of cattle herders at Yendi in the Northern Region. The two, including a female, are assisting the police with its investigations into the raid where nine persons were murdered, others injured and several properties destroyed. One of them is in police custody […] The post 2 suspects detained over
An Accra Circuit Court has for the second time, denied bail to the serving police men allegedly involved in last February’s attempted bullion van attacks at North Kaneshie in Accra. General Constables Yaro Ibrahim, Albert Ofosu, Richard Boadu and Rabui Jambedu were arrested upon investigations into the failed bullion van robbery. They were subsequently linked […] The post Bullion
36 organizations under the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU), are making a strong case for the payment of Political Neutrality Allowance for qualified members. The groups are demanding urgent action for the allowance to be paid following a similar call by some public sector workers under the Civil and Local Government Service Staff, CLOGSAG. In […] The post 36
The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has said the request of the Seychelles government seeking to recruit more Ghanaian teachers has both positive and negative consequences, as it may deepen the attrition rate in the teaching field. The President of Seychelles is requesting for more Ghanaian teachers to be […] The post ‘If
The Kuntenase District Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded a 25-year-old tailor apprentice, Emmanuel Boateng, for allegedly killing a 22-year-old level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at Sewuah in the Bosomtwe District. According to the police, the suspect has confessed to killing the KNUST student, Kwaku Adu […] The post 25-year-old
Consolidated Bank of Ghana (CBG), the second-largest bank in Ghana by branch network has been accepted to join the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, a major Commonwealth organ created by the 54 Commonwealth Heads of Government to promote Trade, Enterprise, and Investment within and across the Commonwealth of Nations. CBG joins the Commonwealth at a unique […] The post CBG
The Northern Regional Secretariat of the governing New Patriotic Party has excluded the Savelugu Constituency from the party’s upcoming constituency executive elections. The election according to a memorandum from the Secretariat to all Constituency Election Committees, is scheduled for April 28, 20222, and is to begin at exactly 7:00 am for all 17 Constituency constituencies. […] The post Savelugu
Chirano’s operations in Ghana comprise the Bibiani Mine, an open and underground mine that the company owns 90 percent. The government has agreed to the sale of Chirano Gold’s operations in Bibiani in the Western North Region to Asante Gold for $225 million. The government issued a ‘letter of no objection’ on the transaction this […] The post Gov’t okays
The Secretary-General of the Ghana Commission for UNESCO, Ama Serwah Nerquaye-Tetteh, is calling for equal access to digital tools and technology-infused learning by all pupils in the country. She made the call on the EdTech Monday segment of the Citi Breakfast Show. She noted that considering the importance of digital skills and technology to education, […] The post EdTech
Fifteen persons connected to the rioting at the Essiama District Police headquarters in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region have been denied bail by the Takoradi Circuit Court B. The court presided over by Her Honor, Abigail Anima, adjourned the case to May 11, 2022, after the prosecutor was unable to give disclosures to […] The post 15 persons arrested
The Prosecution in the case of a former MASLOC Chief Executive has filed a new application for forfeiture of Recognizance against sureties of Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu. A Principal State Attorney, Stella Ohene Appiah, told the Financial and Economic Court 2 Division of the High Court on Monday that the State has however not been able […] The post MASLOC
The Fulani community in Ghana has raised concerns over the recent killings of some of its members in the Northern part of the country. It comes on the back of what it says are 10 deaths recorded in the last 11 days. The latest is the incident where a man believed to be a Fulani […] The post ‘We’ve lost 11 people in recent killings;
The Fulani community in Ghana has raised concerns over the recent killings of some of its members in the Northern part of the country. It comes on the back of what it says are 10 deaths recorded in the last 11 days. The latest is the incident where a man believed to be a Fulani […] The post ‘We’ve lost 11 people in 11 days; it’s
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), is set to hold its annual Constituency Delegates Conference from April 28 , 2022, to May 4, 2022. A statement from the party said the congress will come off despite the statutory holidays of May Day and Eid-Ul-Fitr. It thus entreated the Constituency Elections Committee to “determine the appropriate […] The post NPP constituency
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS), is among other things calling on the government and the international community to take steps to make available the malaria vaccine to Ghanaians. As the world observes World Malaria Day, the theme; ‘Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives,” seeks to throw more […] The post World
In July 2021, the Right to Information (RTI) Commission instructed the Minerals Commission to release information to The Fourth Estate at a cost of GH?1.90 through the PDF format the media entity requested the information. If the Minerals Commission was to release the information in hard copy, it was instructed to charge GH?1.80 per page, […] The post Minerals
A 42-year-old Taxi driver has been found dead in his car at Bremang in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Residents who could not withstand the nauseating stench discovered the body of Kwabena Fosu in the back seat of the cab that was parked in the neighborhood for three days. There were drops of […] The post Bremang: 42-year-old taxi driver found dead in his
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